Half to james maitland



(No M'o'del.)

.. A. MITCHELL.

BUCKET.

No. 526,084. y Patented Sept. 18, 1894.

iTnD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW MITCHELL, OF OARBONADO, W'ASHINGTON, ASSIGOR OF ONE- HALF TOJAMES MAITLAND, OF SAME PLACE.

BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 526,084, datedSeptember 18, 1894.

Application led March 29, 1894. Serial No, 505,633. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.

.Be it known that I, ANDREW MITCHELL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Carbonado, in the county of Pierce and State ofWashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBuckets; and I do hereby'declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and use ful improvements inbuckets and similar articles provided with a lid or cover, and it hasfor its objects among others to provide a simple and cheap yet 'strongand durable lbucket provided with an" encircling wire at the upper edgewhich is formed into the ears to which the handle or bail is connectedand upon diametrically opposite sides with loops or eyes into one ofwhich engages a wire or other means on the lid and the other serving asa guide and stop fora spring plate secured to the bucket and adapted toengage another wire or lateral projection on the lid. This forms astrong bucket which is not liable to break at the upper edge and one inwhich the lid can be securely held in position and yet be readilyremoved by simply disengaging the spring plate from its projection, whenthe lid can be turned upon the opposite projection or pin which rests inits loop and forms a sort of hinge for the partial removal of the lidor, if desired, after it has been disengaged from the spring platetheopposite projection can be disengaged from its loop and the lidremoved entirely.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appearand the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by theappended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, which,with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure lis a perspective View of myimproved bucket with the lid in position. Fig. 2 is a central verticalsection through the same, the section being taken at right angles to thebail.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentviews.

In the drawings-A represents the bodyy ears in any suitable way. Atdiametrically opposite points and at points midway between the ears inwhich the bail is held this wire is formed with means for securing thelid in place. At one of these points the wire is bent to form a loop Ewhich extends upward in substantially Vertical line with the wall of thebody portion, while at the opposite point the wire is bent to form asubstantially horizontal elongated loop F for a purpose which will nowbe explained.

G is a spring plate having its lower end secured to the outer wall ofthe body portion in any suitable manner, as by being soldered thereto,while its upper end extends through the loop F and is provided with ahole H, the spring plate being free from its pointof attachment upwardso as to spring back and forth, being limited in its outward movement bythe outer bar of the loop. The upper end of this plate is preferablycurved slightly outward as shown so as to facilitate the entrance of thepin or projection on the lid into the hole of said plate.

I is the lid. It may be provided with any form of handle as a ring Jshown and at diametrically opposite points has secured to its upper facethe pins, projections or wires K which project slightly beyond the edgeof the lid.

In practice the lid is placed in position by engaging one of its Wiresin the loop E and then springing the spring plate outward until theother pin or projection enters the hole therein, or the lidmay, afterentering one of the pins or wiresin the loop E, be forced down bypressure upon the top of the lid when the other pin will ride down theinclined face of the upper end of the spring plate into the holetherein.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- A buckethaving at its upper edge a continuous Wire formed with ears for theattachment of a bail and with diametrically opposite loops, a springplate held to the body of :o the bucket and passed through one of saidloops, and a lid having diametricall y opposite pins upon its outer faceas set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW MITCHELL.

Witnesses:

EDWARD LE GALLAIS, A. G. OGILVIE.

